Teacher Engagement & Retention Pulse Survey

Thanks for taking a few minutes to share how things are going at school. Your responses are completely confidential and anonymized. Your honest answers help leadership understand what's working and what needs to change — this takes about 8 minutes and your responses matter.

How likely are you to recommend this school as a place to work to another educator?

How much do you agree with each statement about your day-to-day experience at school?

In the last 30 days, how often did you feel emotionally exhausted by your work by the end of the school day?

• Never
• Rarely
• Sometimes
• Often
• Every day

In the last 30 days, how often did a supervisor or school leader acknowledge or recognize your work?

• Never
• Once
• A few times
• Weekly or more

How supported do you feel by school leadership when you raise a classroom or workload concern?

Which of these would do the most — and least — to improve your engagement at work?

• Higher pay or stipends
• Smaller class sizes
• More protected planning time
• More recognition from leadership
• Better classroom resources and materials
• More say in school decisions
• More relevant professional development
• Less administrative paperwork

Anchor on the respondent's likelihood-to-recommend score and their top-ranked engagement driver from the trade-off question. Probe the specific incident or pattern behind that score — what's a recent moment that made them feel valued or unsupported — and ask what one change from their top driver would concretely look like in their day-to-day role. If their score is high, ask what would put it at risk; if their score is low, ask what it would take to move it up even two points.

How likely are you to still be teaching at this school one year from now?

• Definitely not
• Probably not
• Not sure yet
• Probably yes
• Definitely yes

A few quick questions about your role — these help us compare results across grade levels and experience, and are completely optional.

Which best describes your role?

• Classroom teacher
• Instructional support / paraprofessional
• Specialist (e.g., counselor, librarian, coach)
• Other

How many years have you worked in education?

• Less than 1 year
• 1-3 years
• 4-7 years
• 8-15 years
• 16+ years
• Prefer not to say

What grade level(s) do you primarily work with?

• Elementary
• Middle school
• High school
• Multiple levels / district-wide
• Prefer not to say

That's everything — thank you for your honesty. Your answers feed directly into a report school leadership will use to address workload, recognition, and support this year.